Management Board meeting Bucharest

What an incredible time in Bucharest. The Management Board (MB) of JPI HDHL gathered together in Romania to exchange knowledge and information, look ahead to the future and to welcome a new member!

With guest presentations from the Romanian minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization, the director of Directorate for international & European relations and the General Director of UEFISCDI the Management Board meeting was kicked off. During the two-day meeting we thereafter received insight in our own projects that were funded under ERA HDHL and the current open call FOODRETEC and also interesting European projects such as FEAST, METROFOOD-RI, ERA4Health, FOODPathS and CLEVERFOOD. Thereafter, small groups were formed to address the questions ‘What are the needs and gaps in the current European (funding) landscape’ and ‘What and where could JPI HDHL contribute to the current landscape that adds value to your country or organization?’. This resulted in a very interesting discussions to shape the future of JPI HDHL and to define the next steps to reach our goal.

Lastly, we are exited to welcome Brazil as a new country of the JPI HDHL Management Board! Soon we will elaborate more on their participation in JPI HDHL. In the evening, there was time to celebrate our new member on board during a concert at the Romanian Atheneum that was about the history of Romania. Thank you again for hosting this meeting Romania!

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